Professor Ransford Gyampo, a political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, has lashed out at the majority leadership in parliament, describing the leadership as irritating.
He is therefore urging a reshuffle to push out those whose aggressive posturing is generating so much heat in the House, to the backbench.
This, he says, is the way forward to allow for consensus building in the country’s current parliament where there is no clear majority.
It should not be about the number of years served in parliament, but it must be all about people who are conciliatory, persuasive and would help to bring all sides together.
Prof Gyampo was less charitable with the leadership of the majority, seeing them as politically intolerant, hawkish and irritating.
“When you listen to some of the of the current leadership in parliament, you would get angry.
Some of them are overly partisan, and they sound politically nauseating to the extent that what they say frustrates any effort to ensure genuine consensus.
Political sobriety, political temperament and political tolerance are key attributes of the calibre of leaders you need to lead deliberations in a hung parliament.
It does not matter whether you have been an MP for 20 or 30 years, if you are a political hawk, you must take the backbench and bring in people who are sober.”
The call by the political science lecturer comes amid a haggle over the government’s electronic transaction tax (e-levy) between the majority and the minority sides of the aisle.
The minority in parliament has vowed not to torpedo the e-levy, which the government desperately wants passed because receivables of the tax have been factored into the various estimates approved for all the sectors.
With the Speaker of Parliament now in Dubai for another medical review, it remains to be seen how the majority is going to get around this.
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